The Harley J. Spiller collection comprises some 10,000 menus, business cards, restaurant matchbooks, and a variety of objects related to Chinese cookery. The majority of the menus document Chinese cuisine found in restaurants located predominantly in New York state. Menus can, however, be found from across the United States, Canada, and other international locations. A portion of the donation also comprises of personal documents and photographs, which have been separated out from the collection...
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Topics: Sufficient reason, Will
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Topic: English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
File contains trifold, four fold and placemat type menus. Menus are predominately from Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan, Hunan, Shanghai and Cantonese), Japanese, Italian, Thai and Vietnamese cuisine.
Source: folio
Robert Bon Lee was born on 7 April, 1939 in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Poy Gar Lee, was born in Guangdong province of China and his mother, May Hong, was a first-generation Chinese immigrant who grew up in Brockville, Ontario. Lee grew up in the Gerrard and Jarvis area and studied Metallurgy at Ryerson Institute of Technology. In the 1960s and 1970s he worked as a bartender and later restaurant manager at Nanking Restaurant until it closed in 1979. He had close relationships with many other...
University of Toronto - Scarborough
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7.4K
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1959
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Hunt, Arthur S. (Arthur Surridge), 1871-1934; Page, D. L. (Denys Lionel), Sir; Edgar, Campbell Cowan
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ERIN lacks v. 3. Editors vary; v. 3 translated and edited by D.L. Page. Greek and English. Includes bibliography
Topic: Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
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Topic: Great Britain. Navy
[v.] 1. Milton.- Gibbon.- Shelley. [v.] 2. Southey.- Byron.- Defoe. [v.] 3. Dryden.- Pope.- Sidney. [v.] 4. Bentley.- Cowper.- Landor. [v.] 5. Burke.- Macaulay.- Fielding. [v.] 6. Bunyan.- Johnson.- Bacon. [v.] 7. Scott.- Dickens.- Spenser. [v.] 8. Sterne.- Swift.- Hume. [v.] 9. Chaucer.- Lamb.- De Quincey. [v.] 10. Coleridge.- Wordsworth.- Burns. [v.] 11. Locke.- Goldsmith.- Gray. [v.] 12. Thackeray.- Addison.- Sheridan. [v.] 13. Keats.- Hawthorne.- Carlyle
University of Toronto - Scarborough
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1918
1918
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909; Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928; Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937
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Includes bibliographical references and index
v. 1. From Chaucer to Gray. v. 2. From Collins to Fitzgerald. v. 3. From Tennyson to Whitman
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Topic: English poetry
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Topics: Great Britain. Parliament, Great Britain -- Politics and government 1837-1901, Great Britain --...
Topic: Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788-1860
v. 1. From Chaucer to Gray. v. 2. From Collins to Fitzgerald. v. 3. From Tennyson to Whitman
Topic: English poetry
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Topic: Northumberland (England) -- History
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Topic: Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 -- Fiction
v. 1. From Chaucer to Gray. v. 2. From Collins to Fitzgerald. v. 3. From Tennyson to Whitman
Topic: English poetry
[v.] 1. Milton.- Gibbon.- Shelley. [v.] 2. Southey.- Byron.- Defoe. [v.] 3. Dryden.- Pope.- Sidney. [v.] 4. Bentley.- Cowper.- Landor. [v.] 5. Burke.- Macaulay.- Fielding. [v.] 6. Bunyan.- Johnson.- Bacon. [v.] 7. Scott.- Dickens.- Spenser. [v.] 8. Sterne.- Swift.- Hume. [v.] 9. Chaucer.- Lamb.- De Quincey. [v.] 10. Coleridge.- Wordsworth.- Burns. [v.] 11. Locke.- Goldsmith.- Gray. [v.] 12. Thackeray.- Addison.- Sheridan. [v.] 13. Keats.- Hawthorne.- Carlyle
v. 1. Soldiers three.- In black and white.- The story of the Gadsbys.- The phantom rickshaw and other tales.- Wee Willie Winkie and other child stories. v. 2. The light that failed.- Plain tales from the hills. v. 3. Mine own people.- The courting of Dinah Shadd and other stories.- American notes.- Under the deodars and other tales.- Departmental ditties.- Barrack-room ballads, and other verses
File contains take out menus, single page menus, and trifold menus. Menus are predominantly from the city of Vancouver, but other cities are also respresented including Whistler and Richmond. Restaurants feature vegetarian, Chinese (Szechuan and Cantonese), Malaysian, Mongolian, Singaporean and seafood cuisine. Menus from noodle houses are also featured.
Source: folio
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Topics: Biography, Great Britain -- Biography, Great Britain -- History Edward VII, 1901-1910 Biography
File contains single sheet, booklet and trifold menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese, Vietnamese, Italian and Japanese cuisine. Menus in this file are stained. File contains take out menus.
Source: folio
File contains single sheet and trifold menus. Menus feature Chinese (Cantonese, Hunan and Szechuan), Mexican, Malaysian, Tibetan, Ecuadorian, Thai, Taiwanese, Mexican, Indian cuisine. Menus are from Flushing, Ridgewood, Jackson Heights, Woodside, Sunnyside, Rego Park and Elmhurst. Menus in the file are stained and torn.
Source: folio
File contains single sheet, booklet and trifold menus. Menus are all from Brooklyn, NY. Menus feature Chinese (Guilin), Japanese, Indian, Thai and Mexican.
Source: folio
[v.] 1. Milton.- Gibbon.- Shelley. [v.] 2. Southey.- Byron.- Defoe. [v.] 3. Dryden.- Pope.- Sidney. [v.] 4. Bentley.- Cowper.- Landor. [v.] 5. Burke.- Macaulay.- Fielding. [v.] 6. Bunyan.- Johnson.- Bacon. [v.] 7. Scott.- Dickens.- Spenser. [v.] 8. Sterne.- Swift.- Hume. [v.] 9. Chaucer.- Lamb.- De Quincey. [v.] 10. Coleridge.- Wordsworth.- Burns. [v.] 11. Locke.- Goldsmith.- Gray. [v.] 12. Thackeray.- Addison.- Sheridan. [v.] 13. Keats.- Hawthorne.- Carlyle
File contains a single sheet style menu featuring Chinese (Szechuan, Hunan and Cantonese) cuisine.
Source: folio
File contains single sheet, booklet and trifold menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan, Hunan), Mexican, Thai, Japanese, Moroccan, Lebanese, Italian, Afghan and Indian cuisine.
Source: folio
[v.] 1. Milton.- Gibbon.- Shelley. [v.] 2. Southey.- Byron.- Defoe. [v.] 3. Dryden.- Pope.- Sidney. [v.] 4. Bentley.- Cowper.- Landor. [v.] 5. Burke.- Macaulay.- Fielding. [v.] 6. Bunyan.- Johnson.- Bacon. [v.] 7. Scott.- Dickens.- Spenser. [v.] 8. Sterne.- Swift.- Hume. [v.] 9. Chaucer.- Lamb.- De Quincey. [v.] 10. Coleridge.- Wordsworth.- Burns. [v.] 11. Locke.- Goldsmith.- Gray. [v.] 12. Thackeray.- Addison.- Sheridan. [v.] 13. Keats.- Hawthorne.- Carlyle
[v.] 1. Milton.- Gibbon.- Shelley. [v.] 2. Southey.- Byron.- Defoe. [v.] 3. Dryden.- Pope.- Sidney. [v.] 4. Bentley.- Cowper.- Landor. [v.] 5. Burke.- Macaulay.- Fielding. [v.] 6. Bunyan.- Johnson.- Bacon. [v.] 7. Scott.- Dickens.- Spenser. [v.] 8. Sterne.- Swift.- Hume. [v.] 9. Chaucer.- Lamb.- De Quincey. [v.] 10. Coleridge.- Wordsworth.- Burns. [v.] 11. Locke.- Goldsmith.- Gray. [v.] 12. Thackeray.- Addison.- Sheridan. [v.] 13. Keats.- Hawthorne.- Carlyle
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Topics: Tilley, Samuel Leonard, Sir, 1818-1896, New Brunswick -- Politics and government
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Topic: Howard, John, 1726-1790
File contains trifold, four fold and placemat type menus. Menus are from Brooklyn, NY. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan, Cantonese and Hunan), Vietnamese, Spanish, American, Turkish, Mediterranean, Japanese, Mexican and seafood cuisine.
Source: folio
File contains trifold, four fold and placemat type menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan, Hunan and Cantonese), Thai, Japanese, American, Mediterranean, Malaysian, French, Italian and seafood cuisine.
Source: folio
File contains one trifold menu from Blue Sky, Montana, featuring Mandarin and Szechuan cuisine.
Source: folio
File contains single sheet, booklet and trifold menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan and Mandarin), Italian, Mexican, Japanese and Thai cuisine. Menus in this file are stained. File contains take out menus.
Source: folio
[v.] 1. Milton.- Gibbon.- Shelley. [v.] 2. Southey.- Byron.- Defoe. [v.] 3. Dryden.- Pope.- Sidney. [v.] 4. Bentley.- Cowper.- Landor. [v.] 5. Burke.- Macaulay.- Fielding. [v.] 6. Bunyan.- Johnson.- Bacon. [v.] 7. Scott.- Dickens.- Spenser. [v.] 8. Sterne.- Swift.- Hume. [v.] 9. Chaucer.- Lamb.- De Quincey. [v.] 10. Coleridge.- Wordsworth.- Burns. [v.] 11. Locke.- Goldsmith.- Gray. [v.] 12. Thackeray.- Addison.- Sheridan. [v.] 13. Keats.- Hawthorne.- Carlyle
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Topic: Thompson, John S. D. (John Sparrow David), Sir, 1844-1894
File contains trifold, four fold and placemat type menus. Menus are predominately from Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Cantonese, Szechuan and Hunan), Thai, Taiwanese, Cuban, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Italian and vegetarian cuisine.
Source: folio
File contains trifold, four fold and placemat type menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan, Hunan and Cantonese), Thai, Japanese, American, Mediterranean, Malaysian, French, Italian and seafood cuisine.
Source: folio
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Topic: Napier, Charles James, Sir, 1782-1853
File contains single sheet, booklet and trifold menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan and Hunan), Japanese, Mexican, seafood, American and Italian cuisine. Menus in this file are stained. File contains take out menus.
Source: folio
File contains menus from across Spain. Menus are from Navarra, Los Cristianos, Tenerife, Valle Gran Rey, Puerto, Mallorca, Menorca, Barcelona and Madrid. Menus feature Chinese and Japanese cuisine. File also contains hotel menus from the Meridien in Barcelona.
Source: folio
(24 x 30.5 cm (closed) 48 x 30.5 (open))
Source: folio
[v.] 1. Milton.- Gibbon.- Shelley. [v.] 2. Southey.- Byron.- Defoe. [v.] 3. Dryden.- Pope.- Sidney. [v.] 4. Bentley.- Cowper.- Landor. [v.] 5. Burke.- Macaulay.- Fielding. [v.] 6. Bunyan.- Johnson.- Bacon. [v.] 7. Scott.- Dickens.- Spenser. [v.] 8. Sterne.- Swift.- Hume. [v.] 9. Chaucer.- Lamb.- De Quincey. [v.] 10. Coleridge.- Wordsworth.- Burns. [v.] 11. Locke.- Goldsmith.- Gray. [v.] 12. Thackeray.- Addison.- Sheridan. [v.] 13. Keats.- Hawthorne.- Carlyle
File contains menus from San Jose. Menu formats are predominantly single sheet style. Vegetarian meals are featured.
Source: folio
File contains single sheet, booklet and trifold menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan, Cantonese and Hunan), Japanese, Italian, Mexican, seafood and Spanish cuisine. File contains take out menus.
Source: folio
File contains single sheet and trifold menus. Menus feature Chinese (Cantonese, Hunan, Mandarin, and Szechuan), Thai, Peruvian, Malaysian, Mexican, Vietnamese, Italian, Korean, Indian, Ecuadorian, vegetarian, American and seafood cuisine. Menus are from Flushing, Forest Hill, Elmhurst, Astoria, Maspeth, Rego Park, Jamaica and Bayside.
Source: folio
Menu is white and says "famous Chinese food" at the top. (22.5 x 30.5 cm (closed) 45 x 30.5 cm (open))
Source: folio
[v.] 1. Milton.- Gibbon.- Shelley. [v.] 2. Southey.- Byron.- Defoe. [v.] 3. Dryden.- Pope.- Sidney. [v.] 4. Bentley.- Cowper.- Landor. [v.] 5. Burke.- Macaulay.- Fielding. [v.] 6. Bunyan.- Johnson.- Bacon. [v.] 7. Scott.- Dickens.- Spenser. [v.] 8. Sterne.- Swift.- Hume. [v.] 9. Chaucer.- Lamb.- De Quincey. [v.] 10. Coleridge.- Wordsworth.- Burns. [v.] 11. Locke.- Goldsmith.- Gray. [v.] 12. Thackeray.- Addison.- Sheridan. [v.] 13. Keats.- Hawthorne.- Carlyle
File contains menus from Toronto, North York, Scarborough, Oakville, Newmarket, Downsview, Ottawa, Richmond Hill, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, Kingsville, Brockville, Windsor, Oshawa, Pickering, Ajax, and Thornhill. Various cuisines are featured in the menus including Chinese (Szechuan, Cantonese and Peking), seafood, Malaysian, Japanese, Cambodian, Tibetan and Thai. The majority of the menus are in trifold form.
Source: folio
Date is written in pen and pencil on front of menu, menu prices corrected in blue pen on back of menu. (22.5 x 29.5 cm (closed) 42.5 x 29.5 (open))
Source: folio
Menu contains 7 pages. Inserts were enclosed in plastic red folder with Nanking sign image on the front cover but have been removed for preservation. (27.5 x 36 cm)
Source: folio
File contains placemat type menus featuring American, Chinese, bakery and deli cuisines.
Source: folio
File contains single sheet, booklet and trifold menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan, Cantonese and Hunan), Thai, Jamaican, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Italian and Hong Kong style cuisine. Menus in this file are stained. File contains take out menus.
Source: folio
File contains single sheet, booklet and trifold menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan and Hunan), vegetarian, Korean, Japanese, Italian and Vietnamese cuisine. Menus in this file are stained. File contains take out menus.
Source: folio
File contains menus from Toronto, North York, Scarborough, Downsview, Richmond Hill, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Kingsville, Windsor, Oshawa, Pickering, Ajax and Thornhill. Various cuisines are featured in the menus including Chinese (Szechuan and Cantonese), seafood, Malaysian and Thai. The majority of the menus are in trifold form.
Source: folio
Topic: Orthodox Eastern Church
Topics: Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941, Realism, Personalism
Menu contains 10 pages. Sheets were housed in a clear menu folder with red edges but pages have been removed for preservation. (24.5 x 31.5 cm)
Source: folio
File contains single sheet, booklet and trifold menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan and Cantonese), Italian, Japanese, Israeli, Latin and vegetarian cuisine. File contains take out menus.
Source: folio
File contains two booklet style menus for the restaurant Lhasa Snowland Restaurant. File also includes a menu for the Himalaya Hotel.
Source: folio
File contains trifold and booklet style menus featuring Chinese cuisine. File also includes menus from the Hilton Hotel in Shanghai.
Source: folio
File contains single sheet, booklet and trifold menus. Menus are predominantly from the Manhattan area. Menus feature Chinese, Indian, Scandinavian, Italian and seafood cuisine. Menus in this file are stained. File contains take out menus.
Source: folio
File contains trifold, four fold and placemat type menus. Menus are from Brooklyn, NY. Menus feature Chinese (Szechuan, Cantonese and Hunan), Italian, Japanese, American, Mexican and seafood cuisine. Menus in this file are stained.
Source: folio
File contains three menus from Reykjavik, Iceland. Restaurants feature Chinese and Mongolian cooking.
Source: folio
File contains menus from Denmark. Menus feature Chinese and Italian cuisine. Menus are from Copenhagen. The file also contains 4 photographs from 1998 of Chinese restaurants and facades.
Source: folio
